Spool-holder.



S. M. WILCOX. SPOOL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-1 1914- l ,1 89,41 5. Patented July 4, 1916.

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SPOOL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed August 11, 1914. Serial No. 856,292.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SARAH- M. VILCOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fuirmount, in the county of Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spool-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to spool holders, and is particularly adapted for use in crocheting when it is desired to move from place to place and always carry a crocheting spool.

The object of this invention is to provide a spool holder that can be applied to a table, window sill or any type support and can be easily and quickly taken from the same.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a spool holder that comprises substantially a pivoted spring clip having mounted thereon a spindle that is adapted to be passed through the bore formed in a ordinary spool.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a spool holder as describedwith means whereby when the same is in engagement with a support, no metallic parts of the same that would mar the support can come in contact therewith.

A still further object of this invention is invention consists of certain novel con-- structions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the improved device mounted upon a support. Fig. 2 is av top plan view of the device mounted upon a support. Fig. 3 is a section takenon line 33 of Fig. 2.

'Rcferring to the parts by reference numerals, the device comprises essentiallya pair of members 10 and 11 having outwardly turned ends 12 that are adapted to be-niscd for finger-engaging means to operate the same. A plurality of ears 13 are bent intermediate the length of the memhere 10 and 11 at the marginal edge thereof, said cars 13 of the section 10 being placed on the outside of said ears formed on the Thecircular portion 15 formed on one end of the member or section 10 is provided with a threaded opening formed centrally thereof, and extending from the lower edge of said opening is a collar 16 that is also internally threaded so as to provide a threaded opening of greater length than the thickness of the member 10. A hollow spindle 17 having one end of the same eX- ternally threaded and being threaded into the threaded opening in the member 10 is thus substantially secured thereto. The opposite end of the spindle 17 from that of its engagement with the section or member 10 is internally threaded, and a cap 18 having an externally threaded projection 19 is positioned on the end of the spindle 17 by means of the projection 19 in threaded engagement with the end of the spindle. It is, of course, obvious that aspool is mounted on the spindle passing through the bore- 'or other uses than crocheting, needles can be placed in the tubular spindle 1'7, and thus the same will accomplish the dual function 'of rotatably mounting the spool and receiving the needles as set forth.

Secured on the inner faces of the circular portions 15 of the sections 10'and 11, are pads of .felt, rubber or the like 20, so as when the device is in engagement with a support as shown in the accompanying drawings, the support, if it happens to be a highly polishedpiece of furniture, will not be marred in any, way by the placing of the spool holder thereon. To insurea positive gripping of the device upon a support, inwardlydirected pins 21 are carried by the sections 10 and 11, and aicoil spring 22 has its ends positioned over the spring, and is thereby held in engagement with the inner faces of the sections 10 and 1, thereby no1'- mall exerting a pressure upon the same that will eause the circular portions 15 of the seetions to come toward each other.

It will be seen from the foregoing deseription that a simple spool holder has been provided that can he carried from plare to place. and means hare been provided on the spool holder whereby there is ahsollltel) no likelihood of a spool held therehy l'rom heeoming disengaged therefrum. The device \\'ill,he- \'er eheap to manut'm-ture. inasmnelr as the .seetions 1t) and ll are formed eaeh from a blank sheet of metal. and-[hmean he made eheaply and qniekly.

It is nli\'iu!l.\ that minor rhanges may he made in the i'orm and ('ollatl'lll'tlull of this invention without departing from the material parts thereof. lt is therefore not \\'i.-hed to eonline the invention to the exact form herein shown and deserihed, but it is wished to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

I elaim 1. A spool and needle holder including -the eomhination with a clip forming a flange ot' the spool holder. of a hollow nee spool and open at one end. and a elosnrelor said open end adapted to retain the spool in plaee on the spindl and to hold the needle; in the said spindle.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SARAH M. \YILCUX.

\l'itnesses:

S. F. SCIIEQTER, Ru'rn SCHl-ICTER. 

